Linglestown field won’t grow homes

The Eyster Farm, located on the eastern edge of the village north of Route 39, won’t become a housing development under its current ownership.

Landowner Eric Kessler, who heads the township's Village of Linglestown Committee, recently told committee members that a housing development would negatively impact traffic in the area. Kessler wants to build a single-family home instead, and is now constructing a pole barn on the western end of the property. Pictured is the framework of the building.

CLICK HERE for a recent Gazette video report about the Eyster Farm property.

Local tax hike now official …

In their first increase since 1990, Lower Paxton Township supervisors raised real estate taxes by 25 percent Tuesday night.

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